Saturday, October 30, 2010

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

August 4 - 10Am Wearing my busy bee hoodie to work today. I love the outfit but as usual I'm too sleepy to pose. I've been a sleepy head lately. My humans love it when I'm snoozie, they can squeeze my face all they want and I wouldn't mind.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

I had my checkup last Saturday. It was my second visit to my alternative vet, The Animal House, just along Aurora Boulevard and Balete Drive. I was due for 5 in 1, Canine Bronchial and Anti-Rabies vaccines. They also gave me a deworming tablet (coated with Cesar dog food) and one-year worth of heartworm vaccine (so I won't have to take Heartgard every month).

I met Doc Mary and Kuya, her assistant, for the first time. They were friendly and gentle. But because I had a traumatic experience with an angry bulldog in Tiendesitas months back, I am not really used to having new humans around. I was terrified and they were trying to pacify me. My eyes were glued to my moms and I used all my pity-face charm to quietly plead for them not to leave me with my new acquaintances. My mom took this photo as my chest skin was being scraped by Doc Mary for parasite tests. Don't leave me here, pretty please???? :-(

Sunday, May 16, 2010

It's been a while since i shared some news. And I trully miss my anipals.

Its really tough adjusting with the heat and I have my tongue stuck out most of the time :-s To help me cool down, mom gives me a frozen plastic container. She fills it with water and puts it in the freezer. I love licking the cool block until I fall asleep hugging it. :-)

Weeks ago, i had bald spots because of the stress with the heat. My body mites took over! So i had to be dipped in a solution every week + i was bathed with medicated soap every other day. I am also taking vitamins.

I have been having coughing fits since last night when we jogged. My humans thought the honking sound was caused by me accidentally strangling myself with my harness because I'm pulling too hard. But the honking sound went on until the following day and it got all of them worried.

And so mom and I took a trip to the vet. This is my third vet, The Animal House, and it's along Aurora Boulevard in Cubao. (It's She-ra's vet too!)

When we arrived, we were greeted by the vet assistants and were asked to wait in line. While waiting, I met a 3-month old baby fawn pug who got her shots. There were also a lot of animals in cages, and most of them were shitzus who just had their hair trimmed.

They weighed me in a big digital scale. I now weigh 14lbs. They also took my temperature and they stuck the thermometer in my butt :( I was really embarrassed. :-(

The vet asked us a few questions about my appetite and my cough. She told mom that they need to see my x-ray. Having my x-ray done was my most dreaded moment. :-( I was left inside the room with two men. I was screaming and shouting for help but my mom was outside and I was afraid of the dark :-( I really hated those men I almost bit them. But after the x-ray, my mom told me that they were our good friends and i that should not be afraid.

The x-ray showed that I have a narrowing trachea (windpipe) or Tracheal Collapse due to softening of the cartilage rings. You may check out this site for more info on the disease. According to the petplace website, these may be the cause of Tracheal Collapse:

Other possible presenting signs are intolerance to exercise, labored breathing and cyanosis (bluish tinge to the gums). Excitement, eating, drinking, irritants like smoke or dust, obesity, excitement and hot or humid weather may provoke a coughing spasm.

The cause of the collapse is unknown, but there are probably several factors at play. Abnormal synthesis of the components that make up the cartilage found in the trachea is believed to be the cause of tracheal weakness. The weakened trachea flattens from top to bottom, obstructing the flow of air in and out of the lungs.

There are other possible causes of tracheal collapse, such as congenital defects, chronic airway disease, trauma and tumors that compress the trachea from the outside. There are other conditions that can cause coughing, and this can exacerbate the collapse of the trachea.

Good thing they already had me checked, before it gets worse. The vet told us that I can easily recover if I follow the medications.

The vet gave me a medicine called Doxycycline and I am going to take it twice daily for 30 days.

I thought that I would no longer fret and it's over after the x-ray but the vet said that they have to get some of my blood (CBC) to check for possible infections. It was not as traumatic as the x-ray experience because mom was on my side. The results showed that I was free from infections but I had low platelet count. The vet said that I am anemic so they gave me more meds. All in all I have 4 different meds which I will take starting tomorrow. It also includes meds for hyper acidity and iron.

I hope to be better soon. :-) Thank you for taking time to read my vet visit story.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Yesterday I had a small party with my anipals Nina the native+terrier who's my constant companion, Shalom - my kitty bestfriend who never gets tired of my kisses, Aruba - shalom's mom and her new kitties, Scotch the toy poodle, Shera the persian cat, my housemate, and Pepper the siamese cat. Thank you for celebrating with me! Thank you also to their humans tita che, tita dalin, tito nick, tita kalai, tito aaron and also to tita marjo and tito jay and tito nelie.

I received lots of treats! I also had balloons and the humans had pancit, cake, sushi, ice cream, banggus and chips with yummy dip. I got to taste the bangus and dip! :p They sung songs in the vdeoke and I joined them by barking :-)

Thank you to all my human friends and anipals for everything we shared on my first year :-)

Friday, January 29, 2010

I've been away from my home for almost two weeks now. but I have a second home and I'm under the care of my grannies and aunts and uncles. I miss my little purple cage and sleeping in the soft big bed beside my humans. But I love the attention and daily baths I'm getting with my grannies. When I'm home, I am left alone when my humans are at work. But when I'm with my grannies, I have company the whole day.

I wonder when they'd take me to the office again? I miss sleeping at mom's office chair :-)

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

We went to my Grandfolks' house before New Year's eve to meet up with my titos dru, aaron and tita mabel because they planned to go to Tiendesitas. The place where there's lots of treats and cutee doggies.

Lola did not allow me to go unless I take a bath. So here I am. Everyone's ready to go but I still have to bathe so I won't have pugstink. :D Lola bathed me outside the house. This is me while everyone's watching.

Before going to Tiende, we dropped off the car to the repair shop. I'm really anxious 'coz it's taking forever. After this scene, we finally headed straight to our destination. :-) Hooray Tiendesitas!